Climate · Lusaka

Lusaka in August

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Lusaka is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 56°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Lusaka is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 13°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
11h 37mon average

Is August a good time to visit Lusaka?


Yes. August is one of Lusaka's best months (May to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in August, against 74°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in August, against 23°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

0% of days in August, against 0% to 88% through the year.

Cloud cover

14% cover in August, against 14% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

11h 37m in August, against 11h 14m to 13h 02m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. July74°23°low 52°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August80°27°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September86°30°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Lusaka sits, in August

Africa/Lusaka

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:24 AMsets 5:59 PM
Above the sea
1,280 mupland
Latitude
15.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Livingstone374 km south-west

The land around Lusaka, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Zambia in August

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lusaka. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.